OSHA Inspection: DANNY ZAPATA CONSTRUCTION LLC

Issued

Oct 18, 2021

Abate by

Oct 26, 2021

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 90009130S900

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.134(c)(2)(i):The employer did not determine if the voluntary use of a respirator did not in itself create a hazard:  a)	Danny Zapata Construction sites:  On or about May 14, 2021 and at times prior to, the employer exposed employees to respiratory hazards while providing employees N95 filtering face piece respirators for required use during brick sawing activity and did not ensure the respirator itself create a hazard.

Issued

Oct 18, 2021

Abate by

Oct 26, 2021

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 900090139130

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.134(k)(6):The employer did not provide the basic advisory information on respirators, as presented in Appendix D of 29 CFR 1910.134, in written or oral format to employees who wear respirators when such use was not required by the employer:  a)	Danny Zapata Construction sites:  On or about May 14, 2021 and at times prior to, the employer exposed employees to inhalation hazards from dust during work tasks while providing employees dust masks for voluntary use during brick sawing activity and did not provide employees with training on Appendix D of the respiratory protection standard.

Issued

Oct 18, 2021

Abate by

Oct 26, 2021

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 90009130S900

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1153(e)(1)(ii):Respiratory protection was not provided for tasks not listed in Table 1, or where the employer did not fully and properly implement the engineering controls, work practices, and respiratory protection described in Table 1  a)	Residential construction site, Niceville, FL:  On or about May 14, 2021 and at times prior to, the employer exposed employees to health hazards from wet cutting brick job tasks that have silica in them and did not provide the level of respiratory protection described in Table 1 such as half mask respirators.

Issued

Oct 18, 2021

Abate by

Oct 26, 2021

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 90009130S900

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1153(e)(2):Where respirator use is required by this section, the employer did not institute a respiratory protection program in accordance with 29 CFR 1910.134:  a)	Residential construction site, Niceville, FL:  On or about May 14, 2021 and at times prior to, the employer exposed employees to health hazards from wet cutting brick job tasks that have silica in them and did not establish and implement a respiratory protection program.

Issued

Oct 18, 2021

Abate by

Oct 26, 2021

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 90009130S900

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1153(g)(1):The employer did not establish and implement a written exposure control plan:  a)	Residential construction site, Niceville, FL:  On or about May 14, 2021 and at times prior to, the employer exposed employees to health hazards from wet cutting brick job tasks that have silica in them and did not establish and implement a written exposure control plan.

Issued

Oct 18, 2021

Abate by

Oct 26, 2021

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 90009130S900

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1153(i)(1):The employer did not include respirable crystalline silica in the program established to comply with the hazard communication standard (HCS) (29 CFR 1910.1200):  a)	Residential Home Construction site:  On or about May 14, 2021 and at times prior to, the employer exposed employees to health hazards by not providing a Hazard Communication Program with all the required elements of the standard while exposing employees to chemical hazards of silica while performing brick cutting activity.  b)	Residential Home Construction site:  On or about May 14, 2021 and at times prior to, the employer exposed employees to health hazards by not providing a Hazard Communication Program with all the required elements of the standard while exposing employees to chemical hazards of silica while performing cement mixing activity using Argos Magnolia Masonry Cement.

Issued

Oct 18, 2021

Abate by

Oct 26, 2021

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 90009130S900

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1200(e)(1):The employer did not develop, implement, and/or maintain at the workplace a written hazard communication program which describes how the criteria specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f), (g), and (h) will be met:   a)	Residential Home Construction site:  On or about May 14, 2021 and at times prior to, the employer exposed employees to health hazards by not providing a Hazard Communication Program with all the required elements of the standard while exposing employees to chemical hazards of silica while performing brick cutting activity.  b)	Residential Home Construction site:  On or about May 14, 2021 and at times prior to, the employer exposed employees to health hazards by not providing a Hazard Communication Program with all the required elements of the standard while exposing employees to chemical hazards of silica while performing cement mixing activity using Argos Magnolia Masonry Cement.

Issued

Oct 18, 2021

Abate by

Oct 26, 2021

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 90009130S900

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1200(g)(8):  The employer did not maintain in the workplace copies of the required safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical, and did not ensure that they were readily accessible during each work  shift to employees when they were in their work area(s):  a)	Residential Home Construction site:  On or about May 14, 2021 and at times prior to, the employer exposed employees to chemical hazards while conducting brick cutting activity and did not have Safety Data Sheets (SDS) available to employees for the bricks that contained silica.  b)	Residential Home Construction site:  On or about May 14, 2021 and at times prior to, the employer exposed employees to chemical hazards while performing cement mixing activity using Argos Magnolia Masonry Cement and did not have Safety Data Sheets (SDS) available to employees for the cement that contained silica.

Issued

Oct 18, 2021

Abate by

Oct 26, 2021

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 90009130S900

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1200(h):Employees were not provided effective information and training as specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1) and -2 on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment and whenever a new hazard was introduced in:  a) Danny Zapata Construction LLC work sites:  On or about May 14, 2021 and at times prior to, the employer exposed employees to chemical hazards while conducting brick cutting and cement mixing work tasks and the employer had not conducted training on elements of the Hazard Communication Standard to include safety data sheets and proper labeling.